that is the main way from new york city into long island. hundreds of cars ended up stuck on the l.i.e. over the weekend. alison kosik in ronkonkoma, new york. let's begin with you. >> reporter: soledad, 40 inches of snow. 27 degrees in hamden, connecticut. we're getting the freezing rain, the sleet that's making the snow hard as a rock. to give you perspective, look at this. i'm standing on about 15 feet of snow. you find these big mounds all over hamden as crews do their best to clear the roads. when we're talking about the roads, i want to show you what's happening. many of the roads have been cleared, but the mayor here in hamden said of about 240 miles of roads in the city, 50% are impassable. the highways are mostly clear. the side roads in the city are mainly clear. but when you get into the different neighborhoods, that's where you find a lot of the unplowed roads, people who have been stuck in their homes now for 72 hours. and we found this interesting. how emergency crews have been responding to calls for help during the last few h